Amazon's Monopoly is not Predatory

As I survey the responses to and discussions of the recent decision in the Apple e-book antitrust trial, I’m disheartened by how many people seem to be buying into the publishers’ and Apple’s narrative of Amazon as the evil predatory-pricing monopolist. You see it in comments and articles here and there, that take for granted Amazon has been selling all its e-books at a loss, not just a small handful.

Even Adam Engst of TidBITS has been taken in:Initially the U.S. Department of Justice filed this lawsuit against

Ha! You can rest assured that Amazon’s behavior is predatory. I have seen it first hand from my perspective as an employee within a book publishing organization. I certainly purchase product from Amazon as does most of the population. The customer service is great if you are a "customer". If you are a supplier to Amazon, the climate could be described as Saber-Tooth-Predator-istic. Depart from Amazon’s rigid supplier requirements in any form or fashion and you will find yourself bouncing to the curb. Amazon has no problem "dumping" low retail items at a loss(e-books or books), if it brings traffic to their site for purchases with margin opportunities. Amazon will not rest until it is the only option for us all to exercise our rampant consumerism.